Scott Schoeggl

The "me" in Wallflower is Scott Schoeggl, although I still often say "we" because my wife, Laura, is also a terrific photographer. We've been inseparable since 1997, and tied the knot ourselves in 2002. We're proud residents of the North End of Tacoma ever since falling hard for our adopted hometown as freshmen at the nearby University of Puget Sound. Today, we live about a mile from campus and near the north edge of downtown in a big, 116-year-old Victorian painted a cheerful blue.

Laura and I launched Wallflower in 2003 after informally photographing the casual weddings of a few friends. Today, we often find ourselves photographing huge, expensive weddings at some amazingly awesome venues — although we still shoot plenty of average-size, average-budget weddings as well.

Our many years in the biz make us experienced veterans in a field that sees a lot of photographers come and go. I, Scott, am the lead photographer at every Wallflower Photography wedding, and Laura, who recently semi-retired from Wallflower to run one of the nation's top Usborne Books & More sales teams, is available as a high-level 2nd photographer for our bigger weddings.

When we're not behind the camera or computer, you'll probably find us working on restoring our house, digging around in the garden, or entertaining our three well-photographed boys in this soggy, gorgeous state that we call home.

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I can imagine the excitement felt by the photographer whose grand vision led to this grand image. It’s a rich scene as a gold leaf mirror reflects a lush ceremony that “mirrors” the lush light in the painting. The composition has just enough space and depth of field required to include the painting and the light sconce, but taking no chance of losing the focal point - the ceremony.

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Timing is everything. This is what the news photographer is looking for. The action starts, you see it and react instantly. This is that kind of reaction. I do not care about the railings, he went for the moment.

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Hard, strobe light but Diane Arbus-like quality in this candid moment. It's not the kind of photo for every bride's album but that's okay. This photo wins me over because it is so non-glamorous. The bride looks just a bit creepy as she tastes the food from her buffet, but that makes the photo just unusual enough to work for me.